Abbreviation and Acronyms

This page contains acronyms and abbreviation commonly used in pulp and paper industry.


Abbrev: Abbreviated; Abbreviation
Abs: Absolute
Ad: Advertisement
Allow.: Allowance
Amal: Amalgam
Amp: Ampere
Amt: Amount
Apprx: Approximate; Approximately
App'd: Approved
Aq: Aqueous
Art.: Article
Assoc.: Association
Atm.: Atmosphere
Attn.: Attention
Avg. or Ave: Average
bbl: barrels
Bld.: Bleached
Cal.: Calorie
Cat.: Catalog (Catalogue)
Cdn: Canadian
Chkd: Checked
Circum.: Circumference
Cir: Circle
Conc.: Concentration or Concentrated
Corp.: Corporation
Csy. or Cy.: Consistency
Ctn: Carton
Cu: Cubic
Deg.: Degree
Dia.: Diameter
Div.: Division
do: Ditto (same as above)
doz: Dozen
Drg or Dwg: Drawing
dwt: Deadweight
Ea: Each
Edn.: Edition
Encl.: Enclosed
Eng.: Engineer
Engg.: Engineering
Etc.: Et cetera (and so forth)
Fax: Facsimile
Fan: Fanatic
Fig.: Figure
Ft: Foot, Feet
Ga: Gauge
Galv: Galvanized
gr.: Grade
Hr.: Hour
Hrs.: Hours
Hz: Hertz (cycles per second)
Ibid or ib: Ibidem (in the same place)
Id: Identification
In: Inch
Inc: Incorporated, Incorporation
Incl.: Included
Info: Information
kg: Kilogram
Lab: Laboratory
Lb: Libra (Pound)
Mat'l: Material
Max.: Maximum
Meas.: Measurement
Memo.: Memorandum
Mfg.: Manufacturing
Mftr. or mfr.: Manufacturer
Min.: Minute, minimum
Misc.: Miscellaneous
Mkt: Market or Marketing
Nt. Wt: Net Weight
Oz: Ounce
Pat: Patent
pc: Piece
pkg: Package
pref: Prefecture; Preference; Preferred
Pri: Primary
Prodn: Production
Pt: Point
Qlty: Quality
qt: Quart
qtr: Quarter
Qty: Quantity
rad: Radian
Recirc.: Recirculation
Ref: Reference
Reg: Registered; Registration; Regular
Rev: Revision
Sec: Second or Secondary
Sp.: Specific
Spec: Specification
Sq.: Square
Stat.: Statistics
Std.: Standard
Tech: Technology
Temp.: Temperature
Unbld: Unbleached
vol: Volume
vs: Versus
Wt: Weight
Yd: Yard
Yr: Year
Yrs: Years